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Psychology suggests adults who always choose the same seat aren't boring; habits reduce the mental effort required to make decisions- Quote of the day by Jürgen Habermas: “Only those norms can claim to be valid that meet (or could meet) with the approval of all affected in...” — Today’s quote by a philosopher whose hopes for a better future are more important than ever
- JPC Chairperson PP Chaudhary to lead India's non-official Parliamentary Delegation to 80th UNGA
- India calls out hidden agenda of rich nations to tap poor countries' marketsIndia criticizes the Global North's hidden agenda of using non-tariff barriers for market access. It urges the WTO to address services trad...29 Feb, 2024, 12.49 AM IST
- View: Will rich nations distort WTO?The WTO ministerial conference in Abu Dhabi has sparked discussions on reforms to agriculture and fisheries subsidies. Developed countries ...24 Feb, 2024, 11.44 PM IST
- Despite opposition, non-trade issues make their way into WTO draft packageThe draft package distributed ahead of the Abu Dhabi World Trade Organisation (WTO) conference scheduled for next week has brought attentio...23 Feb, 2024, 05.30 AM IST
- India against EU bringing in new issues at WTO meet via backdoorThe EU has proposed that these issues be taken up as part of reforming the multilateral trade watchdog. Many proponents are calling MC13 as...22 Feb, 2024, 01.23 AM IST
- WTO reform, food security, ecomm among issues for 2024 ministers' meet: WTO DG Ngozi Okonjo-IwealaPublic stockholding is a policy tool used by governments to purchase, stockpile and distribute food when needed. Developing countries' food...14 Sep, 2023, 01.16 AM IST
- Robust, enlightened civil society essential for functioning democracy, says Rajnath SinghDefence Minister Rajnath Singh spoke at a C20 meeting in Jaipur, stating that a strong civil society is fundamental to a functioning democr...29 Jul, 2023, 07.47 PM IST
- Rajya Sabha recorded 102% productivity in winter sessionAccording to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, in 13 sittings, the functional time was 64 hours and 50 minutes against the total sched...23 Dec, 2022, 09.46 PM IST
- Delhi civic bodies set to be dissolved in five daysSDMC's term set to end on Wednesday, while the other two civic bodies -- NDMC and EDMC - will be completing their terms on May 19 and May 2...18 May, 2022, 12.40 PM IST
- India to push for TRIPS waiver on Covid drugs at WTOIndia and South Africa, supported by 64 WTO members, want the TRIPS waiver proposal to be part of the pandemic response but the European Un...20 Jan, 2022, 07.11 AM IST
- Rajya Sabha spends 28 per cent time on making laws, 40 per cent on discussing matters of public concernsThe analysis on utilisation of time during the sessions by the Rajya Sabha revealed that the House spends 40.20 per cent of its functional ...25 Apr, 2020, 03.35 PM IST
- Naidu urges parties to have code of conduct for their MPs, MLAs, include it in poll manifestosNaidu suggested that political parties could include such a code in their election manifestos that would help enable voters to make their j...09 Aug, 2019, 06.09 PM IST
- Out of campaign, Varun Gandhi pens 'rediscovery of rural India'The Sultanpur MP, who has been out of his party's list of campaigners for some time now, spent two and a half years to complete an 870-page...27 Nov, 2018, 11.13 AM IST
- Leave politics outside, focus on people's welfare inside Rajya Sabha: NaiduM Venkaiah Naidu today asked newly elected members "to leave politics outside" and focus on people's welfare inside the House.04 Aug, 2018, 05.47 PM IST
- India for concrete measures to reinforce authority of UNGAThis is because it is widely perceived that the General Assembly has not fully lived up to its mandated role as the chief deliberative, pol...10 Mar, 2018, 01.22 PM IST
- Internet authority to move away from the US by 2015The US department of commerce announced that it would transfer IANA functions to the global multi-stakeholder community.15 Sep, 2014, 10.37 AM IST
- No proposal to review RTI: Salman KhurshidKhurshid said that there were no immediate plans to tweak the legislation. "If you say that we'll make any fundamental changes in RTI, the ...17 Oct, 2011, 01.30 AM IST
- PM Manmohan Singh calls for review of RTI ActPrime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for a review of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, one of the UPA's trophy legislations, potentia...15 Oct, 2011, 01.09 AM IST
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